PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marques Roy (ranked 395 p4p, 534 weight class) and Lawson Serrano (ranked 48 p4p, 70 weight class). Marques Roy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Roy
vs
Serrano

188 cm
26
193
14 - 3 - 0

180 cm
27
196
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Pulling Guard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marques Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lawson Serrano!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy leaves Serrano with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Roy drops down looking for a counter takedown but Serrano sprawls and moves away.
Serrano fails with a takedown attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Roy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lawson Serrano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Serrano bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Roy keeps Serrano under control for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The strikes coming from Serrano are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Roy prevents Serrano from moving into mount.
Serrano tries to score with some ground and pound. Roy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy tries to buck Serrano off but Serrano is having none of it.
Serrano tries to score with some ground and pound. Roy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Roy wants to control but Serrano postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roy manages to get back to half guard.
Roy tries to get to full guard but Serrano has control of the leg.
Serrano thows a huge punch but Roy dodges it nicely.
Roy keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Roy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Roy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
My spies in Soul Supremacy Rio inform me that Serrano has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Serrano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Serrano postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Serrano trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Roy pulls Serrano in close to his closed guard and prevents Serrano from doing any damage or advancing position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Roy is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

Serrano decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Serrano tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Roy is pressing down on Serrano's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy is pulling down on Serrano's head. It's preventing any offense from Serrano, at least for the moment.
Roy continues to stall.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Roy is on top in guard.

Roy controls from within his opponent's guard.
Roy with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Roy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Roy chips away with some ground and pound.
Roy wants to control from the top but Serrano keeps moving.
Roy with a nice head shot there.
Roy trying to control but Serrano is working from the bottom.
Roy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roy throws an elbow that misses. Serrano uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roy's guard. Nice move by Serrano!

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Serrano manages to get himself to full guard.

Roy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marques Roy will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Serrano misses with a takedown attempt

and Roy counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Serrano!
Serrano tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Roy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Serrano is working to avoid the ground and pound but Roy connects with a decent elbow.
Roy landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Roy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Serrano can do to turn this around?
Serrano is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Serrano is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Serrano manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Roy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Roy thows a huge punch but Serrano dodges it nicely.
Marques Roy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy prevents Serrano from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Roy there.
Roy slips a nice elbow through Serrano's hands, connecting with Serrano's forehead.
Roy winds up and cracks Serrano with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Roy thows a huge punch but Serrano dodges it nicely.
Roy is looking to stall here but Serrano recovers full guard.
Roy connects with a couple of short punches.
Serrano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Serrano keeping moving, preventing Roy from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serrano being controlled here, momentarily.
Roy trying to control but Serrano is working from the bottom.
Roy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Roy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roy scoring with punches to the head and body.

Serrano has an active guard here but Roy has managed to pass into half guard.
Roy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Serrano defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Roy landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Roy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Roy lands with some strikes.
Serrano is looking to improve his position but Roy isn't that keen on the idea.
Serrano takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Roy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Roy cracks Serrano with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Roy working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roy with a couple of short strikes.
Roy lands a nice shot to the head.
Roy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Serrano's face.
Roy with a couple of short strikes.
Roy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
BOOM! Roy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Roy landing shots from mount.
Roy landing punches.

It looks like Lawson Serrano has been cut.
Serrano is looking to get to half guard.
Roy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marques Roy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lawson Serrano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Roy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Serrano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roy.
Roy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roy connects with a nice short shot to Serrano's temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roy trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serrano blocking the ground and pound attempt from Roy.
Roy working the head and body with strikes.
Roy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Roy there.
Serrano makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Serrano.
Roy cracks Serrano with a solid left hand.
Roy sitting in guard here, content to control.
Roy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roy trying to control the position from guard on top but Serrano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serrano wants to sweep but no luck.
Serrano can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Roy controls the pace.
Roy has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Roy cracks Serrano with a solid left hand.
Roy landing some decent shots from guard.
Roy trying to control but Serrano is working from the bottom.
Roy works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy trying to control from Serrano's half guard. Serrano has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Roy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Serrano's head.
Roy trying to control but Serrano is working from the bottom.
Roy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Serrano looking for a guillotine here but Roy defends easily.
Roy works over Serrano with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Roy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Serrano keeping moving, preventing Roy from controlling successfully.
Serrano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Roy distracts Serrano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Roy is looking to work some ground and pound but Serrano has wrist control.
Roy throws an elbow that misses. Serrano uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roy's guard. Nice move by Serrano!

A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Serrano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Serrano working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lawson Serrano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roy is adopting a defensive guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marques Roy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:26
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marques Roy!
A relieved looking Marques Roy thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Lawson Serrano was interviewed post fight and said 'Bullshit. let's run it again'.